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Trade Rivalry Intensifies

EU Push for Bilateral Deals
Heats Up Contest With U.S.
For Access to Developing Areas

By

John W. Miller

Updated April 24, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS -- A European Union push to secure bilateral free-trade deals reflects the increasing competition between the EU and the U.S. for better access to developing markets, as the two sides prepare for the potential collapse of the Doha Round of global trade talks.